Improvement in bag-holders



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improvement in Bag-Holders.

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Improvement in Bag-Holder-s.

No. 130,489, ParentedAug.13,1872.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEONARD OROFOOT, OF PAVILION, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN BAG-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part ofLettcrs Patent No. 130,489, dated August13, 18,72; antedated August 12,1872.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONARD GEoEooT, of Pavilion, in the county ofGenesee and in the State y of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Bag-Holders; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing making a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure l is a plan View of the upper side of mydevice. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a sideelevation of said device; and Fig. 4 is a cross-section upon the lines wo0 of Figs. l and 2.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of thefigures.

My invention is an improvement upon a device for which Letters PatentNo. 100,123 were granted to Ine on the 22d day of February, 187 0; andit consists principally in the means employed for supporting andregulating the height of the pivot-ed bag-holder and spout,substantially as is hereinafter specied.v It consists, further, in themeans employed for limiting the spread of the pivoted portions of theframe, substantially asis hereinafter shown. It consists, finally, inthe means employed for securing the upper edge of the bag to or upon thejaws of the spout, substantially as is hereinafter set forth.

In the annexed drawing, A and B represent two bars, pivoted togethernear the longitudinal center of the former, and connected to or with asimilar pair'of bars by means of two crossbars, C and D, which extendhorizontally between and are each secured upon corresponding verticalbars, the whole ,forming a supportin gframe for my device, which framehas the form of a saw-horse, and is capable of being folded inward so asto bring the bars or legs nearly Y or quite in a line with each other. yTwo arms,

E, are secured to or upon the inner faces of the arms B, and, extendingupward and outward, are provided at their upper ends with suitablenotches e, which, when the legs are opened, receive and sustain thecross-bar C and prevent the further outward motion of the same and ofsaid legs. Pivoted to or within the upper ends of the legs A is a framecomposed of two side rails, F, connected together at its ends by meansof two cross-bars, G and H, the pivoted end of said frame having a widthequal to the space between said legs, while its outer end has aboutone-half such width. The side rails F are divided diagonally at or neartheir longitudinal center, and connected together by means of two metalhinges, I, which are secured to the outer face of each rail with thejoint in rear of the division of the same, so that while the frontportion of the pivoted frame may be freely raised, said portion cannotdrop below the line of the rear portion of the same. By means ofsuitable notches f, cut within the sides of the rails F, the hinges Iare drawn inward at their joint so as to be nearly or quite parallel atthat point. From the cross-bars G forward to the division of the rails Fthe pivoted frame is inclosed beneath by means of a sheetmetal plate, K,while upon the inner side of each rail, immediately in rear of saiddivision, is secured one end of a wooden strip, L, which corresponds inheight to the line of said rail, and extends forward to a point justwithin the cross-bar H. A metal brace, M', secured to and extendingbetween the strips L, connects the same together and insures theirrelative positions. From the lower side and rear end of the strips Lextend downward and rearward two prongs or spurs, N, for the purpose ofengagement with the rear side and upper edge of a bag. Two diagonalnotches or grooves, l, cut within the upper edge of said strips, receivethe side edges of the same. Two notches, 71 formed within the lower sideof the cross-bar H, permit the passage of said edges, while a stud, O,secured upon and extending downward from the front side and longitudinalcenter of said cross-bar, enters into the open mouth of said bag andprevents the same from being drawn rearward.

To attach the bag in position, the hinged portion of the spout-tube israised, as shown in Fig. 3, the rear side of the mouth of said baghooked over or upon the prongs N, the sides drawn forward and over thefront ends of the strips L so as to bring the upper edge of said bagwithin the grooves l, after which the hinged portion of said tube isclosed downward, with the edges of the bag-mouth contained within thenotches h and the front portion passin g around the spur O, in whichposition said bag is rmly held until released by the raising of thehinged portion of the frame.

In order that the height of the forward end of the spout-frame may bevaried so as to cause it to conform to the heights of different bags, aseries of notches, b, is provided within .the inner edge of each leg orbar B, at and below its upper end, which notches receive and con; tainthe ends oi' a bar,.P, that passes beneath and sustains saidspout-frame. By shifting the bar P to an upper or to a lower notch thevertical position of the forward or bag end of the spout will becorrespondingly varied.

1f desired, the bar P may be secured to or upon the lower side of thespout-frame, instead of being disconnected and separate, as shown.

The especial advantages possessed by this construction of the deviceare, first, the bag is more readily secured in place and less liable toinjury or to accidental displacement than in other similar devices;second, the adjusta bility of the device renders easy its readyadaptation to bags of different heights; third, the construction of theframe enables the device to be closed together so as to cause it tooccupy but little space. y

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention, whatI claim as new 1s Y l. In combination with the legs A and B, and withthe pivoted spout-frame, the bar` B, resting within the notches b andsustaining the forward end of said spout-frame, substantially as and forthe purpose specified.

2. In combination with the pivoted legs A and B, connected together bymeans of the cross-bars G and D, the arms E providedwith the notches e,substantially as and for the purpose shown.

3. The hinged or jointed spout-frame, constructed as described, andprovided with the spurs N, the grooves Z, the notches h, and the spur O,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand,this 8th day of February, 1 872.

- f LEONARD GROFOOT. Y Witnesses:

GEO S. PRINDLE, JOHN R. YOUNG.

